Abstract
In near-shores of Vietnam, there are increasing spatial conflicts among different fishing gear operators as a result of declining and overfishing of small-scale fisheries recently. A challenge facing both small fishers and local governments is identifying more appropriate marine resource governance and public policies to deal with conflicts in the interests of short-term economic feasibility as well as long-term sustainability. This study presents perceived spatial conflicts and priorities in the near-shore seascape of Hoai Nhon district (Binh Dinh, Vietnam). Participatory GIS and questionnaires for local fishers were used to collect data on fishery resources, spatial seascape, spatial conflicts and priorities. Likert scale’s weighted mean (wMean), and consensus measure (CnS) were applied to rank spatial conflicts and priorities. The results show that, conflicts among fishing gear operators were ranked at the high level, and no conflict was really serious. The highest conflicts were between trawl operator and others, particularly with baby lobster trap in rocky-reefs. Trawl operations were ranked the lowest priority because of its serious negative impact on fishery resources and other fishing gears. Sustainable fishery management for study area requires the comparative analyses about spatial conflicts before making implementation. A marine spatial planning (MSP) or an integrated spatial planning (ISP) at local scale is considered essential for the study area by focusing on the result of ranking priority of fishing gear operators over each small spatial marine area. Key words: Spatial conflict, spatial priority, small-scale fishery, seascape, marine spatial area, Central Coast Vietnam.
Highlights
INTRODUCTIONThe Central Coast Vietnam encompasses 9 coastal provinces and cities
The region has the advantage for fishery development depending on a long coastline (1,430 kilometres, almost half of Vietnam coastal line) (Le, 2008a), and a considerable amount of high commercial value marine species as mackerel, tuna, snapper, grouper, squid, shrimp, crab, seahorse, holothurian, and etc. (Le et al, 2012; CRDF, 2015)
The results show that, emergences of most expose areas were useful in strategic planning; integrated approaches in identifying spatial conflicts aim to manage efficiently the overlapping demands in coastal areas
Summary
The Central Coast Vietnam encompasses 9 coastal provinces and cities Demand for fishery outputs, which has exceeded the capacity of near-shore areas to satisfy all of the demands instantaneously, is causing spatial conflicts among fishing gear operators This lead to serious problems as overfishing, degradation of coral reefs and other important near-shore habitats, coastal and marine pollution, and others, which could challenge sustainable development at both regional and local scales. Both conflict and priority in small-scale fisheries are complicated by multiple threats, multiple jurisdictions and scales, multiple stakeholders and perspectives (Coffey and O’Toole, 2012). Entire seascape and small spatial marine areas, conflicts and priorities was collected by using the participatory GIS and questionnaires for local fishers.
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